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Baked Halloween cookies

October 8, 2010 by CJ [email protected] 46 Comments

I wanted to try out some new cookie shapes for Halloween so I sat down yet again and made some new Halloween templates: Ghost, bat, pumpkin, coffin and a rat. They were a little bit difficult to cut out by hand, so thats why I have only made two of each shape.

I have also tried to make some “Witch fingers” out of the cookie dough. But the first batch ended up looking more like swollen fingers and not long, thin and “creepy”. So I had to make some adjustments with the new cookie dough and hopefully will the new “Witch fingers” turn out a lot better than the first ones (I will let you know)

Btw if there are anyone who have experience with colored cookie dough. I would be happy to know if I should use: powder or gel colors in my cookie dough?

Now I will go back into the kitchen and make some royal icing for the cookies so I can start on the fun part, decorating!

Happy Caking!

Louise

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  1. Sally

    December 28, 2010 at 8:21 PM

    I made the cutest red green and white icebox cookies for christmas and colored the dough with regular liquid food coloring. I made the regular dough, separated it into thirds, than returned 1/3 to the mixer and added the coloring and also flavoring. The liquid (even at 20-30 drops) didn’t do anything to the consistency! 🙂

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  2. Patricia

    November 11, 2010 at 10:12 PM

    I love the intricate details showing on your cookies. Which sugar cookies recipe did you use – if you don’t mind sharing.

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  3. Lisa Kramer

    November 10, 2010 at 5:07 PM

    Your tutorials are great! Wonderful detailed photos. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Frk. Overballe

    October 28, 2010 at 5:18 PM

    I colour my cookie dough with gel colours from Wilton, and they work perfectly.
    Tou can see an example here:
    https://www.frkoverballe.dk/?p=1137

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  5. Pooja

    October 24, 2010 at 4:19 AM

    Wow!

    The cookies look perfect. Such perfect shape.
    Please do post ur decorated cookies.

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  6. Edith

    October 23, 2010 at 11:42 AM

    Time to take out my cutters and have some fun.

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  7. Cristina

    October 22, 2010 at 5:56 PM

    Hi Louise,
    I too was quite amazed at the crisp edges of your cookies. As someone already posted my cookies always spread, and I do hope you’ll share the recipe or technique you used to achieve this impeccable look on your cookies.
    Kudos!

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  8. Alison

    October 20, 2010 at 10:29 PM

    Can’t wait to see the end result!!

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  9. Lara

    October 20, 2010 at 4:53 AM

    I too would love to know how to get the cookies to retain their shape – mine end up fat and splodgy

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  10. Alessandra

    October 19, 2010 at 10:39 PM

    Ciao Louise, how are you? A while ago I asked you if it was possible to make green colouring with spirulina, well, I have been doing it for a while now, and I also tried to colour rolling fondant. I made a frog on a lily pad (the lily coloured with berry juice) and would love your comment. it is here https://alessandrazecchini.blogspot.com/2010/10/senza-parole-without-words.html

    thank you and ciao

    Alessandra

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  11. lisa

    October 17, 2010 at 5:06 PM

    I use color gels for all my baking and it comes out great! Your cookies are fabulous!!!

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  12. Laura

    October 15, 2010 at 10:56 AM

    Hello! I found wandering around the kitchen of your blog! beautiful! really creative and innovative! I hope you’ll give a look at my blog. Greetings from Italy

    https://whitedarkmilkchocolate.blogspot.com/

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  13. Carolyn

    October 12, 2010 at 10:24 PM

    Can’t believe you cut these all by hand – they look perfect! Looking forward to seeing them decorated =)

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  14. Patricia

    October 12, 2010 at 9:36 PM

    Hi Louise, these cookies look fab! I was wondering if you could create a tutorial for decorating cookies with poured fondant? I’ve tried royal icing put I love the ‘shiny’ finish on the liquid fondant.

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  15. Mary Sanavia

    October 12, 2010 at 5:57 PM

    These look so cute, I hope we can see them decorated very soon. I use gel color for the dough whenever I make colored cookies, I make candy canes with red and normal dough and everyone loves them!(a little time consuming!) You just have to be careful with the oven.

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  16. Alessandra

    October 12, 2010 at 1:21 AM

    I look forward to seeing the finished products! 🙂

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  17. Ema

    October 11, 2010 at 3:26 PM

    Please does anybody knows where can I buy fondant,gumpaste,tools and etcs. in Valencia.
    I love this please, I´d love so much to do this things HELP MEEEEE JAJJAJAJJAJ

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  18. shanna brooks

    October 11, 2010 at 3:17 AM

    Adorable. I just love the rats! What a clever idea.
    I just love your site!!!

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  19. Melinda

    October 11, 2010 at 1:49 AM

    These are adorable! I bought all of the stuff to try royal icing last December and never did a thing with it. One of these days I will get up the guts!

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  20. kathy

    October 11, 2010 at 1:43 AM

    would love the recipe!

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  21. Edith

    October 10, 2010 at 3:11 PM

    L, this looks so fun to work with.

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  22. Jill

    October 10, 2010 at 5:50 AM

    Hi Louise,

    Your hand cut shaped biscuits are perfect! So neat!
    It is not easy to get such perfect crisp clean outlines! Well done! I also love your rat!

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  23. lynn

    October 10, 2010 at 5:29 AM

    The Cookies look great. I always break little legs off. To help Heather try and refrigerate the cookies before you bake them. It helps them keep their shape.

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  24. marialy

    October 10, 2010 at 4:27 AM

    I lovet this cookies, please then more thank you for all

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  25. Jana / MybakedWorld

    October 9, 2010 at 11:57 PM

    I love this site!! You are sooo talented!
    Jana (www.mybakedworld.blogspot.com)

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  26. oatc

    October 9, 2010 at 9:01 PM

    Hi, which cookie recipe did you use? I would like to try too. thanks

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  27. Gerry Marrs

    October 9, 2010 at 6:17 PM

    I really like the way the shapes came out. Nice and smooth. Do you use a special sugar cookie recipe? I have tried with a regular cookie recipe and they do not come out looking like yours. I use copper and plastic cut outs. Which do you find the best to use? Since you make your own templates do you use a kit to make metal cookie cutters. I really enjoy your website and have learned a lot about decorating. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  28. lovey

    October 9, 2010 at 5:37 PM

    You can use the gel without a problem. The added wettness of the gel is handled with the flour used to roll the dough out, whereas the powders can make the dough dry and crumbly.

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  29. kimberley

    October 9, 2010 at 4:54 PM

    Do you have the recipe for your sugar cookies on your website? If so, where. Whenever I make sugar cookies they always come out puffy. Thank you,

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  30. pearse

    October 9, 2010 at 3:59 PM

    Wow! Incredible. The details came out good. I like how the rat’s tail came out. What cookie recipe did you use for this(something which doesn’t make details swollen up) would you kind enough to post it.
    Thanks

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  31. Susan Kulungian

    October 9, 2010 at 3:42 PM

    Louise, that is the cutest rat! Where did you get the cutter?? I can’t wait to see these decorated!

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  32. Ali Cakes

    October 9, 2010 at 3:35 PM

    Good Morning Louise,

    Even though I don’t care for the subject matter, you would never know that these were cut by hand. They are perfection!

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  33. Gabby

    October 9, 2010 at 3:31 PM

    They look great. Can’t wait to see them decorated. I’m sure they’ll be awesome.

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  34. Allie

    October 9, 2010 at 3:30 PM

    Will you show how you decorated them because i have some new halloween cookie cutters i want to use but not sure how to decorae

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  35. Robynn

    October 9, 2010 at 3:21 PM

    Powdered. It’s a bit messy at first but the color seems more vibrant. Idk I like it better.

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  36. Anonymous

    October 9, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    I use gel coloring when I color my cookie dough. My favorite is to use orange and yellow and make a tye dy effect for fall leaves.

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  37. Tasha Gregson

    October 9, 2010 at 2:49 PM

    These are so cute :)They look delish!! Can’t wait to see what they look like with icing xx

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  38. Andreea

    October 9, 2010 at 2:33 PM

    I color my dough for Christmas for green trees, etc… and I just add the regular food coloring while the dough is mixing so I don’t have to knead by hand later. Hope that helps.

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  39. Charmaine

    October 9, 2010 at 2:04 PM

    These are just awesome…can’t wait to see the finished products

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  40. Stephanie

    October 8, 2010 at 10:19 PM

    Love the shapes! can’t wait to see them decorated!

    I’ve used the Wilton gel color in my sugar cookie dough recipe and it worked wonderfully.

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  41. shirley

    October 8, 2010 at 9:55 PM

    I personally use gel to tint my dough. I think it comes out more vibrant.
    I love your shapes, they look perfect. I like the rats. Don’t know if I could eat one, but like the idea. That is one way to save my behind from the extra calories! lol

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  42. Joy

    October 8, 2010 at 8:18 PM

    I love the rat ones.

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  43. Heather

    October 8, 2010 at 4:53 PM

    How on earth did you get your cookies to have such a crisp image? Whenever I make sugar cookies and the cut out is a heart (for example) after baking, rather then cute and perfect it really looks like a human heart instead. I’ve tried several different sugar cookie recipes only to have the same thing happen. Mis shapen and fat.
    Am I doing something wrong?
    I am loving the coffin cookie. You could do so much with that one!

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  44. Paula

    October 8, 2010 at 4:11 PM

    so cute!

    have a nice time!
    Paula

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  45. cinzietta

    October 8, 2010 at 3:34 PM

    Hi, I can’t help you for color to use. If you look here, you hae an aswer for yuor question.
    sorry for my english. I’m italian.
    Bye
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/tesorocookies/2318725540/in/set-72157603758459572/

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  46. Ella

    October 8, 2010 at 2:54 PM

    I used colouring paste on some butter cookies the other day and they turned out perfectly. It didn’t alter the flavour or consistency at all.

    What recipe do you use for your cookies? They look amazing!

    Reply

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